Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. art. 2688g · Chapter 11. COUNTY SCHOOLS
COUNTIES OF 600,000 WITH 4 OR MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS; ELECTION; ABOLITION OF OFFICE; TRANSFER OF DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The electorate of any county in this State having a population of not less than six hundred thousand (600,000), according to the last preceding Federal Census, and wherein there are four (4) or more common school districts, shall, at the next General Election following the passage of this Act, determine by majority vote whether the office of county superintendent shall be abolished in said county. At such election all ballots shall have printed thereon the following:
"FOR the abolishment of the office of county superintendent."
"AGAINST the abolishment of the office of county superintendent."
(b) Where the majority of the qualified electors approve the abolition of the office of county superintendent in such counties, the duties of such abolished office as may still be required by law shall vest in the county judge in ex officio capacity upon the expiration of the current term of the office of county superintendent. In addition to all other compensation the county judge in such ex officio capacity shall receive a salary to be determined by the county board of school trustees. This additional compensation shall not exceed the maximum amount provided by Article 3888, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1962, 57th Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 47, ch. 17, Sec. 1.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CV/htm/CV.49.11.htm
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